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John Giorno

Born
Dec 4, 1936 · Aged 82
Died
Oct 12, 2019
Place of birth
New York, New York
Gender
Male
Movie credits
22
TV credits
0

Biography

John Giorno was an American poet and performance artist. He founded the not-for-profit production company Giorno Poetry Systems and organized a number of early multimedia poetry experiments and events, including Dial-A-Poem. He became prominent as the subject of Andy Warhol's film Sleep.